Recipes for Toddlers                        Breakfast | Dinner| Snacks

Breakfasts  

Porridge with Dates

It is often difficult to find food that is nutritious and that toddlers will eat and enjoy.  Recently, I have come across a winter breakfast hit - porridge with dates.  I love it and Ben, my 18 month old also loves it.  Cook porridge on the stove as normal and add 4 - 6 cut up dried dates (without pips).  Add the dates as early as possible in the cooking process.  You will end up with a naturally sweet and yummy breakfast!  No need to add any brown sugar.

Dates are extremely nutritious, containing more natural sugar than any other fruit.  Dates contain protein, Vitamin A, potassium and some of the B vitamins they also contain dietary fiber so are a great breakfast starter.

Dinners

Classic Meat Pie

• 1kg round steak (or chuck or gravy beef)
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• salt & pepper
• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 cup beef stock
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce
• 3 pieces of puff pastry (thawed)
• 1 egg, lightly beaten for glazing

This is what you do:

1. Cut meat in 2cm cubes, cover in flour and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Shake off excess flour.
2. Brown meat in a heavy-based pan in batches and drain on paper towels.
3. Cook onion in same pan for 5 mins or until soft.
4. Return meat to pan and add stock, tomato paste, worcestershire sauce and bring to boil.
5. Simmer, covered for about 1 - 2 hours.  Allow the meat to cool.
6. Preheat oven to 210C.
7. Cover the base of a 4-cup capacity pie dish with a sheet of puff pastry, add the meat mixture and cover the mixture with another sheet of puff pastry.
8. Seal any joins and then pierce the top of the pie with a fork several times to allow steam to escape during the cooking process.
9. Brush with egg and bake for 30 mins or until pastry is golden.

Curried Sausages

This is a great Aussie favorite.  Here is what you need (making enough for 2 adults and a toddler):

• 1 onion
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1tsp curry powder
• 500ml water
• 1tbsp gravox
• 1tbsp tomato sauce
• Chopped red and green capsicum, carrots and any other vegetable you like
• 8 sausages, beef or chicken (cut into 1 inch lengths)

And here is how you do it

1. Fry onion, garlic and curry powder for few minutes
2. add water, gravox and tomato sauce, bring to boil
3. add vegetables and cook for few minutes
4. add sausages  and simmer for 1 hour
5. serve with rice and enjoy!!!

Snacks

Apricot and Coconut Muffins

These are a great snack for adults and toddlers.  They also freeze really well and are quick and easy to make.

What you need:

• 2 cups self raising flour
• 125g butter, chopped
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup chopped dried apricots
• 1 cup coconut
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 eggs

Here is how you do it:

1. Grease 12 hole muffin pan (1/3 cup / 80ml capacity)
2. Place flour in large bowl, rub in butter
3. Add remaining ingredients, stir with large metal spoon until just combined
4. Spoon mixture into prepared pan
5. Bake in moderately hot oven about 20 minutes
6. Turn onto wire rack

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